RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Roadmap for Change II

by royalhistsoc | 25 Nov 2020 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

Header Image: The sculpture “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid)” by British artist Marc Quinn stands on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of the seventeenth-century merchant and slave-trader Edward Colston had been since 1895. The statue of Colston was...

Beyond LGBT+ History Month – an update on the RHS survey.

by | 28 Feb 2020 | LGBT+, RHS Work

As many of you will remember, last year the RHS ran their LGBT+ Histories and Historians survey. Professor Frances Andrews provides an update on the working group’s progress. Between July and September 2019, the Royal Historical Society’s LGBT+ survey...

Roadmap for Change Update: The RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report one year on.

by shahmimaakhtar | 11 Dec 2019 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

If you have been following the RHS, you will know that we have been involved in pressing to make History a more equal, inclusive and welcoming space. Our 2018 Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report committed the RHS to reporting on its progress a year on, and today we...

RHS Update – Autumn 2019

by | 16 Sep 2019 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

It’s been a busy few months at the RHS. As we put the summer behind us, here is an update on the projects that we are working on at the moment, and how you can get involved with our work. LGBT+ Survey  We launched our LGBT+ Survey of historians at the beginning of...

An Update from the RHS LGBT+ Working Group

by | 24 Jun 2019 | LGBT+, RHS Work

The RHS values the diversity of the historical community in all its forms and over the past several years has invested serious resources in projects that promote equality and inclusion. We believe that valuing diversity means listening to the voices, and respecting...